Archive: 24/08/2015
Similar outcomes for mothers and babies at low risk delivered by FPs and obstetricians
For pregnant women who are at low risk of complications giving birth, the risk of newborn death and maternal complications is similar for obstetric deliveries by family physicians and obstetricians, according to a large study ...
Aug 24, 2015
Association between transient newborn hypoglycemia, 4th grade achievement
A study matching newborn glucose concentration screening results with fourth-grade achievement test scores suggests that early transient newborn hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) was associated with lower test scores at age ...
Aug 24, 2015
Primary prevention use of statins increases among the oldest old
The use of statins for primary prevention in patients without vascular disease older than 79 increased between 1999 and 2012, although there is little randomized evidence to guide the use of these cholesterol-lowering medications ...
Aug 24, 2015
Stopping antihypertensive therapy in older patients did not improve functioning
Discontinuing antihypertensive therapy for patients 75 or older with mild cognitive deficits did not improve short-term cognitive, psychological or general daily functioning, according to an article published online by JAMA ...
Aug 24, 2015